Christmas 03

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 Greetings from Steve and Vi!  Click on the card to the left to see the full size card. Vi created  this card with leaves on a water  color background.

 

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Priceless Gifts to Give (Our Thought for Christmas)

  1. The gift of listening: No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your response. Just Listening.
  2. The gift of affection: Be generous with appropriate hugs, pats on the back, smiles and handshakes.
  3. The gift of laughter: Share a good story, cartoon, joke to tell someone you love to laugh with them.
  4. The gift of a compliment:  A sincere “you look ……”, “What a great …..”, or “That was a wonderful …….” Can make someone’s day.
  5. The gift of a favor: Every day, do something kind for someone.
  6. The gift of solitude: There are times when we need to be alone. Be sensitive to those times and give the gift of solitude to others when needed by them.
  7. The gift of a cheerful disposition: The easiest way to make someone feel good is to be cheerful yourself,
  8. The gift of prayer: Let others know you pray for them……. Then do it!

(Adapted from Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends p. 152 by Barbara Johnson.)

 

 

The year in Review

We made a trip into Alberta in May and visited with friends and family. We attended Steve's niece's Karen's wedding. We hurried home to escape the next spring blizzard after buying tire chains in Edmonton. It was snowing up to Hinton and by the time we reached Jasper, skies were sunny. The snow and ice on our car did not completely come off until we were nearing Clearwater. Stepped into Vernon on the way home to visit Dennis and Elaine Andrusiak and Ross Gonthier and Nancy Tower.

 
Steve spent the summer working in the garden and managed to get in some fishing on the beaches up to Campbell River for Pink and Coho Salmon. We even managed to bring a few fish home.
We often go walking and at times we drive to Courtenay to go 
for a walk. Then we treat ourselves at Tim Hortons. Many of our
fishing trips with Harold Tinling included a visit to Tim's as well.

 

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Fly Fishing for Salmon

 

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Nice Coho with fly

 

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Oct 10th barbeque

 

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October Harvest

 

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Bosc and unknown pears

 

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In Memory of Sonia Brunt and 
Bill Brown

Vi's news: I also worked in the garden, on my hands and knees, pulling out those stubborn weeds.  Sometimes I even had difficulty getting up again.  We had a fruitful crop of plums, pears, apples, blueberries, strawberries and grapes.  Fuji apples are a good keeper and we are still enjoying them today.  Besides gardening, I am enjoying art with the Nanaimo Art Group and am involved in the Nanaimo Arts Council Gallery.  I haven't been doing much painting this fall since  my hand injury.  The craziest thing happened on October 1. A great big spider was in my way every time I went outside.  It would build a web across the sidewalk and I'd push it away.  This annoyed me one too many times and I flicked at the spider and tore a tendon on my middle finger. Dr.Robinson performed a 10 minute surgery on October 9 and everything was o.k. until I re-injured myself on November 11, a day I shall not forget.  This set me back about 3 weeks. Fortunately, no serious damage occurred.  Now it is starting to feel better, swelling  and pain almost gone.  So don't flick at any spiders or anything!  Torn or broken tendons do not mend themselves as they can shrink.  Therapy is also a MUST.  Soon I shall start painting again and continue making cards.  We will have a quiet Christmas at home visiting with friends over the holidays.  Warm Christmas Wishes to everyone and  try to stay away from food that sticks to you thighs.  May you have a Peaceful, Happy New Year in 2004.

 

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